When Luigi and pals – Mario, Princess Peach and a trio of Toads – are invited to a shiny, grandiose hotel, it seems a bit of respite from the daily duties of jumping on the heads of goombas, breaking bricks and saving princesses. It probably also gives the Italian labourers a bit of time away from the vocation that away from the plumbing that’s listed in their job descriptions, but we never actually see them do. A bit of a break in a swish hotel! Who could say no?

Folks, we have made it. Through the fire and flames (Which is a kickass Dragonforce track by the way), through the controversies and the glitches. You’ve weathered disappointments and lukewarm launches, you sat through the hype and the triumphs of a year that was nothing short of memorable. And here we are, brothers in video game arms who are ready for one last push. One final dab of that interactive hot sauce that we simply cannot get enough of.

Modern Warfare might just be the reset key to the entire franchise, the new template from which a decade’s worth of Call of Duty is based, just like the original Modern Warfare was so many years ago when it rewrote the book on cinematic first-person action and propelled video games into the mainstream spotlight.

What if Bruce Wayne failed in his battle to reclaim the mantle of the bat from his mad successor, Jean-Paul Valley? That's the question that the first Tales from the Dark Multiverse comics answers in grim fashion.

NERF's latest blaster is a one-handed beast that just so happens to have the most satisfying bolt action in foam gun history.

Old at heart but young in spirit, The Outer Worlds is a vibrant and stunning new chapter from Obsidian that doubles down on what the studio does best and throws in some surprisingly fun gameplay on top of that.

Last week, Kotaku broke a story that earned quite a few gasps from around the Internet, due to how almost comically absurd it was. The story detailed how a fan of the mobile game Transformers: Earth War had spent approximately $150,000 on in-game purchases, which to us at the bottom of the world equates to around R2 215 855,50. Can’t …

Autonauts is a colourful, creative and energetic game of automation and colonisation, whose cute facade is home to some truly engaging coding that never gets too complex.